MolluscaBase taxon details
Trochus radiatus Gmelin, 1791
216332 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216332)
accepted
Species
Trochus granularis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus sugillatus Reeve, 1861 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Trochus vividus Reeve, 1861 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3572 [details]
page(s): 3572 [details]
Note "South America"
Type locality "South America" [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Trochus radiatus Gmelin, 1791. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216332 on 2026-09-28
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original description
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3572 [details]
original description (of Trochus sugillatus Reeve, 1861) Reeve, L. A. (1861-1862). Monograph of the genus <i>Trochus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 13, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1862; pl. 2-8, November 1861; pl. 9-15, December 1861; pl. 16, June 1862]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27365976
page(s): pl. 14, sp. 85. [details]
original description (of Trochus vividus Reeve, 1861) Reeve, L. A. (1861-1862). Monograph of the genus <i>Trochus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 13, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1862; pl. 2-8, November 1861; pl. 9-15, December 1861; pl. 16, June 1862]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27365976
page(s): pl. 13, sp. 72. [details]
original description (of Trochus granularis Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 81 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 34. [details]
additional source Patterson Edward, J. K.; Ravinesh, R. & Biju Kumar, A. (2022). Molluscs of the Gulf of Mannar, India and adjacent waters: A fully illustrated guide. Suganthi Devadason Marien Research Institute & Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala. Tuticorin. i-xx, 1-524.
page(s): 65 [details]
page(s): 3572 [details]
original description (of Trochus sugillatus Reeve, 1861) Reeve, L. A. (1861-1862). Monograph of the genus <i>Trochus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 13, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1862; pl. 2-8, November 1861; pl. 9-15, December 1861; pl. 16, June 1862]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27365976
page(s): pl. 14, sp. 85. [details]
original description (of Trochus vividus Reeve, 1861) Reeve, L. A. (1861-1862). Monograph of the genus <i>Trochus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 13, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1862; pl. 2-8, November 1861; pl. 9-15, December 1861; pl. 16, June 1862]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27365976
page(s): pl. 13, sp. 72. [details]
original description (of Trochus granularis Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 81 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 34. [details]
additional source Patterson Edward, J. K.; Ravinesh, R. & Biju Kumar, A. (2022). Molluscs of the Gulf of Mannar, India and adjacent waters: A fully illustrated guide. Suganthi Devadason Marien Research Institute & Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala. Tuticorin. i-xx, 1-524.
page(s): 65 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality "South America" [details]Unreviewed
Remark Subgenus Infundibulum Dautzenberg, 1923 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To Malacopics (Trochus radiatus Gmelin, 1791 India, Maharashtra, Mumbai (Bombay), at low tide unde...
To Malacopics (Trochus radiatus Gmelin,1791 Malaysia, Sabah, Rasa Ria Resort, Pantai Dalit, Tuaran)
Type specimen(-s) in NHMD (from synonym Trochus granularis Röding, 1798)
To Malacopics (Trochus radiatus Gmelin, 1791 India, Maharashtra, Mumbai (Bombay), at low tide unde...
To Malacopics (Trochus radiatus Gmelin,1791 Malaysia, Sabah, Rasa Ria Resort, Pantai Dalit, Tuaran)
Type specimen(-s) in NHMD (from synonym Trochus granularis Röding, 1798)